(9 of ) Installation of Brew House tanks.Pro Crane of Santa Rosa, using a 40 ton crane with a 90 ft boom lifted the large tanks into the brewhouse building.

(11 of ) Videoographer , Tim August from WIllits, Ca. has installed two time lapse video cameras in the new facility. Each camera takes one exposure every 30 seconds. THis started in mid June and will continue through Feburary.

(12 of ) The tanks are lifted then rotated to the vertical position before going into the building.

(13 of ) Lagunitas Brewery, Petaluma.
New tanks lifted from the flatbed truck and set on the ground, prior to lifting into the building.

(14 of ) Lagunitas Brewery,
New tanks being installed. this view through the doorway of the new facility.

(15 of ) New tanks being installed, this tank is lowered to the ground prior to lifting it through the open roof of the building.

(16 of ) A 40 ton crane with a 90 foot boom did the heavy work.

(17 of ) Ken Dyche of Pro Crane operatedthe 40 ton crane. HIs expertise placed the Brewery tanks in side the building.

(19 of ) Lagunitas Brewery
A new installation of brewing tanks . Pro Crane of Santa Rosa loaded the Brewery Containers on flatbed trucks. Moved them into position and lifted them over the building and throught the open roof to the floor below.

Lagunitas Brewing Co. to open brewery in Chicago

CATHY BUSSEWITZ,

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | April 10, 2012

Lagunitas Brewing Co., the Petaluma-based craft beer producer known for its India Pale Ale, is planning to open a second brewery in Chicago.

The company announced the news on its Twitter feed and Facebook page.

"We're gonna make a little bit o' NorCal right there in the City of Chicago. You 6,380 follower folk are the first to hear it! Cheers all!" the company tweeted.